Its a new year - time to make those resolutions and fight to achieve them until you get all fed up and just quit. Year after year I was making same resolutions, you know, the usual - loose weight, find new ways of coping with depression, work out more... and year after year, I was good for a few months and I would grow weary of the extensive amount of energy that it required! Part of learning daily to live with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Depression...is learning that you cant do everything - and I have a very hard time admitting that I am not Wonder Woman.
So this year, I decided to try something different. I wasn't going to go with the old usual resolutions. I was going to be different and perhaps more realistic. I was going to learn a new art form and use it to further my goal of living a healthier and happier lifestyle. Only problem was...I couldn't choose just one...and so I settled on two. I was going to learn the age old art of Cheesemaking AND Wood Burning!
I was worried at first that I might be biting off more than I can chew, and may yet discover that I had, but the beautify of these two art forms is that I could actually be working on both at the very same time! Cheese is a long and slow process and only needs short periods of monitoring and babying while Wood Burning, unlike my painting, can be gotten out and put away with relative ease and unless I am working on something quite large, which I don't foresee in the near future, it will be portable and organized.
So why these two projects? They do see a bit mix matched but really they fit me to a T. I really enjoy learning old art forms and bring back "the old ways" and I love to make beautiful and enjoyable things. The best part of these two crafts is that there is no way I can get in a hurry and expect results right away. The BEST cheeses are aged and I enjoy putting time into artwork to get it just right and because they are more projects, I can fit them into my unique lifestyle without them disrupting the family. And best of all, I am Excited! Not just about learning something new, but learning something I can SHARE with others! Who knows, maybe I will one day be packaging my homemade cheeses in specially designed boxes with beautiful burned art on them! Sounds Magical to me!
